Improvement in sad-irons



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIo'E. y

JOHN B. STAMOUR AND EDWIN V. MAGHETTE, JR., OF PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA; SAID STAMOUR ASSIGNOR TO SAID MAGHE'ITE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAD-IRONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 215,545, dated May 20,-1879; application filed January 29, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J OBN B. STAMOUR and EDWIN V. MACHETTE, Jr., bothof the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Sad-Irons, which improvement isfully set forth in the following specilication and accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of the sad-ironembodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section ot' aportion thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of a portion thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

Our invention consists of a handle having an exterior surface of plasticsubstance of nonconducting nature, thus producing a cold handle.

It also consists of the handle connected to the detachable plate havinga ilangelatch and button, which latter projects within the space of thehandle, in combination with the body or smoothing base having a channeland catch, forming together an improvement in sad-irons.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the body of the iron, and B thehandle thereof. Thehandle has `a core or bar, B', of metal, preferablyof curved form, whose ends are riveted or otherwise secured to the topplate, C, which is detachable from the body A, and on said core ismolded a mass, c, ofnon-conducting material, thus producing a coldhandle or grasping-surface, which will remain sufficiently cool when thebody is heated. The top plate, C, has an upwardly-projecting rim, C', atthe outer edge thereof; and within the space of the rim on the upperface of the plate there is placed a layer, b, of non-conductingmaterial, thus producing an exposed surface of nonconducting material onthe top plate, against which the thumb and fingers may come in contactwhen grasping the handle without being burned.

In the top plate there are openings d, which may be conical or wedgeshaped, the widest parts being below, and into the same will be run someof the non-conducting material b, which, when dry, will serve to pinsaid matethe space of the handle B, so as to be accessible from eitherside or end of the handle.

In the upper face of the body is a sunken channel, F, within which islsecured alatch, Gr, with which the latch E is adapted to engage, theange D snugly entering and tting the channel F, said flange and channelbeing of similar shape.

When the handle is .to be separated from the body the button E is drawnback. This disengages the latch E from the catch G, and thus unlocks thehandle and body.

-In order to connect the handle and bodyT either end of the ilange D isfitted in one end of the channel F. Then force down the handle, and thenose of the latch rides over the catch until the latteris cleared 5 thenthe latch springs under the catch, and thus the handle and body will beheld together.

It will be noticed that the flange D, entering the channel F, preventslateral and longitudinal displacement of the handle from the body, andthe channel being sunken permits the handle to come close to the body,thus reducing the vertical leverage of the handle and vertical compassof the iron.

On the outer rim of the top plate, (l, and outer edge of the body Athere are sectional or partial openings c c, the adjacent ones of whichform complete openings, and provide communication between the spaceintermediate. of the top plate and body and the atmosphere, whereby thehot air from the body entering said space will be directed outward, thusdecreasing the liability of heating the top plate.

From the walls ofthe opening through which passes the stem whichconnects the button E and latch E there rises a rim, C, which serves utosupport thebutton and guard, and confine the portion of the layer badjacent to the opening. If desired, the handle may be a mass ofmaterial Without the core B.

As a composition ,for the exterior portion of the handle we may combinecork, Whiting, glue, charcoal, and varnish in suitable quai tities,lthus fornnin.;` a mass Which is easily molded into shape, and when itdries it becomes hard and light and is not liable to burn, besides beinga non-conductor of heat, so that the sad-iron will have a cold handle.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim as new, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is-

l. The sad-iron handle having,` an exterior surface formed of plasticnon-conducting,` ma'- Vterial molded on the core attached to the topJOHN B. STAMOUR. E. V. MACHETTE, JR.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WiEDERsHEIM, A. P. GRANT.

